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Mending with Love

Creative Repairs for Your Favorite Things

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Mend, rethink, transform, recreate!
Mending With Love shows you how to apply embroidery, patching, darning, felting, stamping and a little crochet to worn pieces of clothing or household items. Instead of stowing or throwing away damaged pieces that hold happy memories, you can employ these beautiful and sustainable ideas to give them a new life.
With this book, you'll learn how to:
  • Repair knitted and woven fabrics
  • Work with flat and curved surfaces
  • Artfully repair comfy, well-made socks and gloves
  • Make a statement with creative patching
  • Fill in holes with roving using felting techniques
  • Use embroidery to visibly mend frays or damage from the odd cat claw
  • Apply other tips and techniques to torn, worn, or stained favorites

  • Creative as well as practical, mending is both a source of pleasure and an eco-friendly fashion statement. Instead of buying more stuff with less meaning, this method allows you to hold on to the things that have a special place in your heart.
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        February 15, 2021
        This gently encouraging instruction and inspiration manual teaches more than how to repair damaged items. Misumi's approach is less about the ""make it do"" utility of mending (though she includes ample, clearly illustrated, simply explained techniques and examples) than it is about appreciating and preserving meaningful textiles: heirloom pieces still in use, high-quality natural fabrics, beloved garments, or utilitarian items with small flaws. Introductory pages bring to mind Marie Kondo's ""spark joy"" philosophy, but Misumi clearly delights in the happy clutter of life as she retains bits of colorful thread, lovely scraps of lace, or even the softest cotton T-shirts for future repurposing. Samples demonstrate how sturdy mends transform pieces, sometimes boldly drawing attention, often adding cheerful color, and occasionally creating an unobtrusive fix. The appended stitch instructions may be less useful than YouTube videos, but the book on the whole is a must-have for those looking to shrink their ecological footprint with beauty and warmth.

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